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Bart's Blackboard

No one is interested in my underpants

in So It's Come to This: a Simpsons Clip Show, Episode 77, Season 4

Alegria no Trabalho

Bart's Blackboard

Mud is not one of the 4 food groups

in Last Exit to Springfield, Episode 75, Season 4

Strange Buildings - Part IV: Le Palais Idéal - Hauterives, France

Ferdinand Cheval (1836 – 19 August, 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building Le Palais Idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.

Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.

For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp.

Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement.

Cheval also wanted to be buried in his palace. However, since that is illegal in France, he proceeded to spend eight more years building a mausoleum for himself in the cemetery of Hauterives. Cheval died on August 19, 1924, around a year after he had finished building it, and is buried there.

In 1969 André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, declared the Palace as a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. Cheval's palace is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Bart's Blackboard

Goldfish don't bounce

in Duffless, Episode 75, Season 4

Fotos Famosas - Capítulo 13

"Protegendo a cria"

Uma mãe cruza o rio com os filhos, durante a guerra do Vietname, em 1965, fugindo da chuva de bombas americanas.

Bart's Blackboard

I will not call the principal "spud head"

in I Love Lisa, Episode 74, Season 4

Darwin Awards - Thou Shalt Not Steel

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

Here's one of the most recent stories:


Thou Shalt Not Steel
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
(8 March 2008, Czech Republic)

Steel is valuable, especially the high-grade alloy used in steel cable.
Scrap metal dealers do not ask questions. They pay in cash.

And a good supply of steel cable can be found in elevator shafts.

This particular gold mine was a towering shaft inside an empty granary near Zatec, forty miles northwest of Prague.
The cable was tightly fastened, and the far end of it disappeared into the shadowy distance above.
After substantial wear and tear on a hacksaw, our man finally cut through the strong steel cable.
At that instant the counterbalance, no longer held in check, started to move silently downward, accelerating until it reached the bottom of the shaft.

Result: one proud winner of a "terminal velocity" Darwin Award.


More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!

Bart's Blackboard

The principal's toupee is not a frisbee.

in Brother from the Same Planet, Episode 73, Season 4